Card or placard holder



Aug. 14, @923.

Filed Aug.

Patented Aug. 14, 1%23.

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JAMES onnru HUBBAR at]; ALBERTF. Winn or ntnosano, Kansas; SAID WINN assrenon rosarn nunnnan.

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Application filed August 11, 192% Serial No. 581,159.

To all whom it may GOHTOQYWJ Be it known thatwe, JAMns Cnn'rn l lU' 13am) and ALBERT F; lVINN,.c1t-izens of the United States, and residents of Eldorado, in

' the county of Butler and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cardv or Placar'l Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to card or placard holders and particularly to devices of this type adapted to beatta-ched to tank carsjor' other containers of infian mables to removably secure the cards or placards thereto uponWhich may be displayed the required warning thatthe contents of the car is inflammable. r 1 J-leretofOre paper or cardboard cardshave been employed but these have been found objectionable because they were easily destroyedby, the elements such as wind and rain, Therefore cars which were dispatched properly placarded as required by-the reg-11 lations'of theBureau of Explosives haveat their destination been" found to be 'Ininus these required placards because during transit the same have been destroyed in the ner above mentioned. 1 w

ltis therefore the object of this invention to provide a metallic cardor placard and a holder whereby thesame maybe remov ably secured in place- On one face of the" placardwill be stenciled the inflammablesign-and on the reverse- .side the name of the owner or lessee and home port so that;

when there is no need for the placard. under the Bureau of Explosives regulations the placard mayibe reversed toindicate-the name; of the owner 'or operator and the home port of the car. Of course even when the placard is reversed the other side of: the placard is visible from'certain angles.

The advantages and features of this present invention'will be made mor'eapparent as the description proceeds and particularly i'n' view of fthe acco1npanying drawings wherein:" r

Fig.1 is a fragmentary perspective view of atankcar with the placard and placard holder in place, i f

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device,

Fig. 3 is a topplan view, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section taken on the plane indicated by line in ig- 2,

partly in section Fig. 5. is a fragmentary section taken on the plane indicated, by line 5-5 in F 2, and f i Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modification. C

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like reference characters inclicatelike parts it will be seen that there is. illustrated a portion of a tank car 10 pro-. vided with a running-board 11. In practice it will be desirable although not necessary to provide four of the holders and cards to a tank car, the holders being bolted from the bottom of the running-board adjacent the inner edge thereof as clearly illustrated, one holder being arranged at each end of the car and at each side.

The holder comprises acasting12 provided with a base 13 formed by bending the body of the holder at right angles. Bolts l l passing upwardly through apertures 14: formed in the base 13, pass through the run ning board 11 and nuts 15 are employed for rigidly holding the holder in place.

.The holder is formed of metal and may be cast or maybe formed of sheet metal properly shaped. In either event there is provided an angular groove or recess 16 composed of two right angular portions and adapted to receive two sides of a metal placard or card 1?. The recess or groove 16 is formed by providing a. pair of spaced flanges 18, U shaped in cross section and spaced a' sufticient distance to loosely receive the edge of the placard or card 17. Oneend of this groove is closed by a lip 19 while the other. end open as at. 20, see particularly Figs. 2, a and 5. i

The placard 1? is formed with angular extensions or corners 21 which are adapted to lie in the closed end 19 and the open end 20 of the placard receiving recess. Obviously in inserting the placard in place the one corner 21 is inserted inthe closed end 19 of t-herecess and the other end then brought into the position illustrated in Fig.

2. Each-endof the card or placard is apertured as indicated at 22 which apertures (20- nag the other opening 22 may be caused to register with the apertures 23 to accommodate t e cotter pin 2a.

In some instance 1t may be desirable to secure the placard to ,the hold r 12 by means V of a seal 25 (see Fig. 6). In this in tance apparent.

the end of the placard 17 is slotted in the open end of the holder whereby 'tlle strap of the seal may be passed therethrough.

The manner of usingflthiis improved placard and placard holder will be immediately 'W'ith vthe holder or frame 12 secured to the running-board '11 the placard 17 bearing on one side thereoi the notice of theinfiammability of the contents of the car and on the other side the name of the owner I ,or lessee and home port is' inserted in the first instance with the word inflammable outwardf In inserting the placard 1 7' the one angu'lar corner 21 thereof is inserted in the closed end 19 of the Eholder'and the placa;rd17 seated in the recess or groove 16 formed in the holder 12. As the placardl? is seated the other angular end 21 which is provided with either apertures 22 or a slot j registers with the correspondingly shaped opening in the open end 20 of the holder. The placard is then locked to the holder eitherby the cotter pin 24 01 the seal In instances Where the bureau regulations do not require "the placarding of cars the placard is removed and vreversed so as to dis play the other side thereof upon which delineated the name of the owner and'of the home port. The placard is then secured:

. in place in a like manner.

Obviously the number 02E holders and placards may be varied as may their position upon the car. Obviously they may be secured to the car in any position as in either event the placard 17 will beloched to the holder to eliminate the possibility of the same becoming lost. 7 It will be furthermore obvious that by reason of the engagement of the placard by the holder throughout two of its edges 1 that the placard will rei=nforced and prevented to some extent at least from becoming mutilated or being otherwise rendered unfit for use. Obviously a metal placard is inherently more durable than the paper or cardboard placard now universally use and the chances of loss of the placards by reason of the inclemency of the weather is practically eliminated.

While the physical embodiment'of the invention described and illustrated'herein is 4 found to be satisfactory and eflicient in every respect it is not intended that this invention be unnecessarily limited but reservation is hereby made to make such changes in details of construction as may come within 2. In a placard noise-i for an: as and the like, a frame provided with anangul-ar slot closed at one end and openat the other,

a placardyada pted to rest 'in saiclrecessflaid l placard being provided angular ends, the closed end of said recess engaging one of said angular end and means for securing the other angular end. inane open 'end off said recess. 1' f F i An arrangement of the class-described comprising a metal :frame adapted to cured to the'running boardi-ot a container of infiammables or the like, Where this warning maybe requiredysaid frame being provided with an angular slotted portion-said slotted portion being closedat'one end and open the other, a metal placard provided with ang-ular extensions on two of its corners, pl'acard 'being'a-dapted to rest fin the said slot with one end thereof disposedunderfithe 'cl osec'l end of said slot and means passing through the other'angular end for securing a the placard in place in saidslot.

V 4:. A card holder for tankcarscoinprising V aL-frame adapted to be bolted to the running- I .100

board ofthe tank carer otherwise applied to other cars, said "frame being provided 1 with a right angular slotted portion, ailip closingsaid slot-todportion at one{end, other other end of'the slotted portionbeingopen; V

a reversible metal placard;provided with angular extensions at two of its corners, one

of said extensions being adapted to engage a the under side of said lip and-the other angular extension to lie inythe'fopen end of 7 said slotted portion, registering openings in the open end of Sill-(ll slotted portion; said placard being provided with'an aperture in each of said angular extensions adaptedin either positions toregister iivith openings formed in said slotted portions and .a taste enin'g member passing through said-alinedf openings forsecuring said placard toz said holder;

., JAMES 'ERETE HUBBARD! i "ALBERT r. WINN. 1 

